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No textbooks, but tech-books this year at St. Louis-area school

St. Louis Public Radio
Published Aug. 19, 2011 at 11:55 a.m. CDT
A Coby Kyros digital tablet - the specific model of digital tablet that will be used in place of textbooks at Grandview High School this year.
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A Coby Kyros digital tablet - the specific model of digital tablet that will be used in place of textbooks at Grandview High School this year.

A small high school in suburban St. Louis is tossing aside textbooks in favor of digital tablets.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Grandview High School in Jefferson County will use Android-powered Coby Kyros tablets in place of textbooks this year. Students will be allowed to take the tablets home. They'll be used to take tests, do homework and complete assigned readings.

An Internet filter blocks many sites, including pornography and Facebook.

Students will keep their tablets throughout their high school careers, then keep them when they graduate.

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